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[efwd]

Just a lot of orbital sanding will get you this finish Jim. Even after all the time I spent I still have swirl from the manufacturer. I couldn't see the swirl until you get to the polishing grits. It's too late to start over at that point unless your looking for trophies.
Dave, Halfway might be uneccessary. I aim to make it to Phx soon as I need to retrieve my camping gear from my mom in Surprise. She brought it home from Oshkosh since they were wanting as much to ship from Airventure as the tent, clothes, mattress' and sleeping bags are worth. I used a business account to ship to Wisconsin but UPS wouldn't allow us to use the business account there at the show. Anyhow, I need to do another Chicken Strip camping trip soon, before it gets too cold at night there.

[efwd]

Thank you. Wonder why these log books wouldn't have an AD/SB section? I suppose "Notes" pages will suffice. Thankfully, of the three SB on the Rotax so far, none of them have cost me $$$.

[Frontier Fox]

Eddie, you should consider yourself lucky to get 600 hours out of your gearbox. I run a Rotax 912iS and during a routine oil change found a piece of metal on the magnetic plug. It was recommended that it be torn down for inspection, 368 hours. It cost $2250 in parts to rebuilt it. I bought a shop press and did the work myself, pretty straightforward. I was also very careful to keep the RPM’s no lower than 2000, always brought the RPM’s up to 2000 as soon as possible on roll out. I sent pictures and filled out a report for Rotax, no reply so far.

Frontier Fox

[Shadowrider]

Yeah this stinks. Does the 912is share a gearbox with any other engines?

[efwd]

Looking for the DynaVibe! The last inquirey about two weeks ago has gone unanswered. Berfore I buy a balance master, reluctantly, Im giving one last shout out in an attempt to find the DynaVibe we once had floating around. Has anybody any info on that kit? I have a shop here that can do it for $$ but I'll just do a balance master to get me in the air until I come up with a kit. Appreciate any help.

[Delta Whisky]

Eddie - this may be a too obvious question but have you checked with your local EAA chapter? In any event, good luck in finding one. If you can't, PM me as I should have my Balance Master still in the hangar and you are welcome to it.